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Big Data is a Bad Idea! Why AI Factory Farms Will Not Save Rural America

Posted on January 9, 2026 by admin

By: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders One word – plastics. That was the golden grail that Dustin Hoffman learned about from some well wisher in the movie the Graduate. I remember watching the film as a farm … Continue reading →

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Save the Date! Fri. Nov. 14th – Sat. Nov. 15th FFD Annual Meeting and John Kinsman Food Sovereignty Prize Award Ceremony in Madison, WI

Posted on October 24, 2025 by admin

Kickoff Event – Wisconsin Premiere Screening of the new Price of Milk film Fri. Nov. 14th 5:30 – 8:00 pm UW-Madison’s Ag Hall, Rm 125 (1450 Linden Dr.)  Followup Panelists include: Pete Hardin, editor of The Milkweed; Sarah Lloyd, former … Continue reading →

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FFD Stands with Farmworkers, Calls Attention to the True Causes of our Immigration Crisis

Posted on August 15, 2025 by admin

Since our organization, the Family Farm Defenders (FFD), began in the early 1990s, we knew that the fate of food and farm systems around the world are inexorably linked to one another. We witnessed how free trade deals uprooted people … Continue reading →

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For June Dairy Month, Trump Should Celebrate the Canadian System, Not Denounce It

Posted on June 30, 2025 by admin

Trump’s plans don’t work for U.S. farmers. In fact, his intention to increase exports and enter the Canadian market fails both American farmers and our partner to the north. By: Anthony Pahnke, FFD Vice President and Assoc. Prof. of International … Continue reading →

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MAY DAY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN and HOW CAN WE HONOR IT?

Posted on April 29, 2025 by admin

By: Rebecca Goodman, FFD board member, retired organic dairy farmer – Wonewoc, WI When I was a child being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic grade school, May 1st signified the beginning of the month of Mary, mother of Jesus. … Continue reading →

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